Nocturnal pulmonary hypertension in patients with obstructive sleep apnea associated with daytime pulmonary hypertension

We investigated the effect of state-specific changes associated with REM sleep on pulmonary artery pressure in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSAS). Six male patients with OSAS (age; 40 +/- 12 SD yrs, BMI; 39.0 +/- 8.6 kg/m2, AHI; 51.5 +/- 28.5) were examined throughout the night by polysomnography, while monitoring pulmonary artery pressure via right cardiac catheterization. All patients had pulmonary hypertension (PH) during periods of wakefulness, and their mean pulmonary artery pressure (PAPm) was 31.1 +/- 7.4 mmHg. PAPm was analyzed at two different points in each apneic episode. PAPbase was the baseline value when inspiratory effects during apnea were not elicited, and PAPpeak was the peak value observed just after the cessation of OSA. PAPpeak was higher in REM (56.3 +/- 12.4) than in NREM (41.4 +/- 6.9 mmHg; P < 0.01), and both values were significantly higher than those observed during periods of wakefulness. The magnitude of elevation of PAP (delta PAP; PAPpeak-PAPbase) in REM and NREM were 11.6 +/- 2.0 and 6.9 +/- 2.8 mmHg, respectively. Relative ratios in the response of PAP to a decrease in O2 desaturation (delta PAP/delta SpO2) showed almost the same value for REM (-0.57 +/- 0.27) and NREM sleep (-0.57 +/- 0.26 mmHg/%). The values of PAPm at SpO2 75% were significantly higher in REM than in NREM (48.7 +/- 11.2 vs. 41.6 +/- 6.2 mmHg). We conclude that transient pulmonary hypertension could be caused not only by hypoxia, but also by state-specific responses (which are unrelated to hypoxia) that occur during REM sleep.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1997

Erschienen:

1997

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:35

Enthalten in:

Nihon Kyobu Shikkan Gakkai zasshi - 35(1997), 11 vom: 07. Nov., Seite 1173-8

Sprache:

Japanisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kang, J [VerfasserIn]
Kimura, H [VerfasserIn]
Niijima, M [VerfasserIn]
Edo, H [VerfasserIn]
Sakabe, H [VerfasserIn]
Shinozaki, T [VerfasserIn]
Masuyama, S [VerfasserIn]
Okada, O [VerfasserIn]
Tatsumi, K [VerfasserIn]
Kuriyama, T [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

English Abstract
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 19.03.1998

Date Revised 15.11.2006

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM094355177